Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden 42 mm (w) x 58

42 mm (w) x 58

1862-63 Mexico Expedition Medal - silver

which is plain with the exception of a serial number near the reverse ricasso of “02514”

and a two-page Index

were formed at the end of the 1943 and the beginning of the 1944

Germany, Heer. A Krim Shield, Unknown Maker Variant visually-hidden 42 mm (w) x 58(Heer Krimschild). Constructed of bronzed magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised map of Crimea and southern Ukraine, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by dates 1941 1942, affixed with all four reverse attachment prongs to a magnetic metal backplate with a field grey wool liner and intact black paper backer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a documented variant